Drouais madame de pompadour biography
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Madame de Pompadour: The Queen of Arts in Portraits
Elvis Presley’s famous hairstyle was named after her, a French champagne glass is believed to have been modeled after her breast and, according to the legend, the ‘marquise cut’ diamond was commissioned to resemble the shape of her mouth… Yet, Madame de Pompadour left her legacy way further, as she was the uncrowned queen of France and the arts.
Drouais madame de pompadour biography
See Madame de Pompadour in portraits!
A Planned Future
It was destiny that Jeanne Antoinette Poisson became chief mistress to King Louis XV; when she was small, a fortune-teller prophesied that she would one day win the heart of the king.
Therefore, when she entered adolescence, her mother oversaw her training to become a royal mistress-to-be. She had to memorize entire plays by heart, dance, sing, paint, engrave and play the clavichord.
A Marriage
At age 19 she married into the d’Étiolles family, which was an obvious marriage of convenience.
She had two children with her hu